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Series Archive

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Note: To access this window in Opera Job Management: from the Systems management window, select the button.
The series management window


This archive contains the information of the series that belong to a selected system. The main fields of the series are described below.

Section 1: Function buttons

  • The button starts the insertion of a new record.
  • The button deletes a record from the archive.
  • The button modifies the data of a record.
  • The button prints the detailed list of systems.
  • The button opens the Technical Catalogs Management window, which allows catalogs relating to the selected system and series to be entered.
  • The button allows you to export the contents of the current window to a spreadsheet-format document, such as Excel. More information about using this function can be found on the dedicated page.


Section 2: Series master data

  • Name: this is the name of the series.
  • Brand name: allows you to specify a different name for customer quotation printouts.
  • System: shows the name of the system.
  • Position: indicates the position of the series in the list. The value auto indicates that the position is managed automatically by the program.
  • Desc : this field allows you to enter a description relating to the system.
  • Code: allows you to enter the series code.
  • Keyword: allows you to enter search keywords, separated by a space, for the series.


Section 3: Commercial data

  • Prices : shows the name of the series from which prices must be retrieved.

If two or more series have the same prices, it is useful to assign the price list to only one series and indicate in this field the name of the series from which prices must be retrieved.

  • Profiles margin rate : in this field it is possible to enter the margin rate for profiles.
  • Hardware margin rate : in this field it is possible to enter the margin rate for hardware.
  • Profile waste class : in this field it is possible to enter the waste class applied to the profile cost.
  • Accessories waste class : in this field it is possible to enter the waste class applied to the accessory cost.
  • Purchase list revision : in this field it is possible to associate a purchase price list with the series.


Section 4: ID codes

  • Specific ID codes: if enabled, allows a specific coding type to be applied to the identification codes for the typologies of this series.

It enables the ID code style and Format fields.

Section 5: Machinings

  • Structure ID : automatically generates the structure ID: None, literal, numeric ID, numeric ID by column, or numeric ID by frame.
  • Separator: allows you to define the separator used in the structure ID.
  • From the right: if enabled, manages the structure ID generation starting from the right.
  • Machining face type : selects the assignment mode of the main face for the machinings of adjacent structures: Side, Opening priority, Fixed priority.
  • Machinings Series : allows you to associate the machining series to be used.


Section 6: Action buttons

  • The button opens the series options window, where the standard options of the series can be entered.
  • The button opens the messages management window, where messages can be entered through specific rules.
  • The button opens the Series variables management window. The variable function allows the operator to define calculation formulas on structures using values already present in the program or by creating new ones.
  • The button opens the window where it is possible to enter data relating to the hardware present in the archive.
  • The button opens the series machinings window, where the standard machinings of the series can be entered.